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clothe

Meaning of “clothe”

Sense 1: To put garments upon or provide clothing. Sense 2: Figuratively, to cover, invest, or surround with the condition or quality named.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
16 occurrences14 verses10 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Exodus 40:14

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Exodus 40:14
And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 40:14 · retained source text

And thou shalt bring his sonnes, and clothe them with coats.

Esther 4:4
¶ So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 4:4 · retained source text

¶ So Esthers maides and her chamberlaines came, and told it her: then was the Queene exceedingly grieued, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away the sackcloth from him: but he receiued it not.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Eunuches.

Psalms 132:16
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 132:16 · retained source text

I will also clothe her priests with saluation: and her Saints shall shout aloud for ioy.

Psalms 132:18
His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish.
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1611 witness · Psalms 132:18 · retained source text

His enemies will I clothe with shame: but vpon himselfe shall his crowne flourish.

Proverbs 23:21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Proverbs 23:21 · retained source text

For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to pouerty; and drousinesse shall cloath a man with ragges.

Isaiah 22:21
And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 22:21 · retained source text

And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I wil commit thy gouernment into his hand, and he shalbe a father to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and to the house of Iudah.

Isaiah 49:18
¶ Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 49:18 · retained source text

¶ Lift vp thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselues together and come to thee: as I liue, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee as a bride doeth.

1611 marginal noteChap. 60.4.

Isaiah 50:3
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 50:3 · retained source text

I clothe the heauens with blackenesse, and I make sackcloth their couering.

Ezekiel 26:16
Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Ezekiel 26:16 · retained source text

Then all the Princes of the sea shall come downe from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidred garments: they shall cloth themselues with trembling, they shall sit vpon the ground, and shall tremble at euery moment, and be astonished at thee.

1611 marginal noteHebr. tremblings.

Ezekiel 34:3
Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 34:3 · retained source text

Yee eate the fat, and ye clothe you with the wooll, yee kill them that are fed: but ye feede not the flocke.

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To put garments on; to provide with clothing; figuratively, to cover or invest with a quality or condition.

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